# NTSB CHI70AC068: Aeronca 7AC, N83241, Whitesburg, KY, April 3, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 3, 1970
- Place: Whitesburg, KY · WHITESBURG, KY
- Location: 37.1178° N, 82.8230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitesburg, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1178&lon=-82.8230&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 21, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137984
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70AC068
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70AC068

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1227   70/4/3    WHITESBURG,KY       AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 151
        TIME - 1545                    N83241              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITESBURG
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WHITESBURG,KY               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        REMARKS- PAX LEG PREVENTED PROPER PITCH CTL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N83241](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83241), registered now, S/N 7AC-1903, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Whitesburg

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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